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bcopy(3)
NAME
  bcopy, bcmp, bzero - Perform memory operations

SYNOPSIS
  #include <strings.h>

  void bcopy(
	  const void *source,
	  void *destination,
	  size_t length );

  int bcmp(
	  const void *string1,
	  const void *string2,
	  size_t length );

  void bzero(
	  void *string,
	  size_t length );

  The following function definitions do not conform to current standards and
  are supported only for backward compatibility:

  #include <string.h>

  void bcopy(
	  const char *source,
	  char *destination,
	  int length );

  int bcmp(
	  const char *string1,
	  const char *string2,
	  int length );

  void bzero(
	  char *string,
	  int length );

LIBRARY
  Standard C Library (libc)

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  bcopy(), bcmp(), bzero(): XSH5.0

  Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about
  industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
  source
      Points to the original string for the bcopy() function.

  destination
      Points to the destination string for the bcopy() function.

  string1
      Specifies the byte string to be compared to the string2 parameter by
      the bcmp() function.

  string2
      Specifies the byte string to be compared to the string1 parameter by
      the bcmp() function.

  length
      Specifies the length (in bytes) of the string.

DESCRIPTION
  The bcopy(), bcmp(), and bzero() functions operate on variable length
  strings of bytes. Unlike the string functions, they do not check for null
  bytes.

  The bcopy() function copies the value of the length parameter in bytes from
  the string in the source parameter to the string in the destination
  parameter.

  The bcmp() function compares the byte string in the string1 parameter
  against the byte string of the string2 parameter, returning a 0 (zero)
  value if the two strings are identical and a nonzero value otherwise.

  The bzero() function nulls the string in the string parameter, for the
  value of the length parameter in bytes.

NOTES
  [Tru64 UNIX]	The bcopy() function is similar to the memcpy() function
  except that the first two parameters are reversed.

SEE ALSO
  Functions: memccpy(3), memcpy(3), string(3), swab(3)

  Standards: standards(5)

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